Fast bowler Chris Tremain has won the Bill Lawry medal after an outstanding Sheffield Shield season for Victoria. The quick took 51 wickets at 21.07 to be the competition’s leading wicket taker. He had already won Cricket Australia's award for shield player of the year.
Chris Tremain was Victoria's player of the season.Credit: AAP
Tremain was one of several players to be recognised at Cricket Victoria’s awards ceremony on Thursday night. Fellow paceman Peter Siddle won the Dean Jones medal as Victoria’s best player in one-day cricket, while Kristen Beams claimed the Sharon Tredrea award as Victoria’s best player during the Women’s National Cricket League season.
Siblings Annabel and Will Sutherland won the respective female and male future stars awards.
Full winners list
Bill Lawry Medal
Player judged to have had the best performances for Victoria over the course of the JLT Sheffield Shield season
Winner: Chris Tremain
Dean Jones Medal
Player judged to have had the best performances for Victoria during the JLT One-Day Cup tournament
Winner: Peter Siddle
Sharon Tredrea Award
Player judged to have had the best performances for Victoria during the Women's National Cricket League season (WNCL)
Winner: Kristen Beams
John Scholes Award
Voted for by the Bushrangers players for the player judged to best exhibit Victorian values
Winner: Scott Boland
Commonwealth Bank Future Stars Awards
Male: Will Sutherland
Female: Annabel Sutherland
Melbourne Stars Players of the Season
BBL: Glenn Maxwell
WBBL: Erin Osborne
Melbourne Renegades Players of the Season
BBL: Tom Cooper
WBBL: Amy Satterthwaite
MEDIA AWARDS:
The Cricket Victoria Award:
Mohammed Nabi and Afghan cricket in Victoria - Peter Lusted, ABC
The BBL/WBBL Award:
Perfect match up: T20 tactics - Sam Landsberger, Herald Sun
The Commonwealth Bank Bushrangers Award:
Play it again, Sam - Louis Cameron, Cricket Network
The Commonwealth Bank VicSpirit Award:
Understanding how the game has changed - Daniel Cherny, The Age
The Photography Award:
Fawad Ahmed's final wicket - Michael Dodge, Getty Images
The Suburban Cricket Award:
Bizarre dismissal leaves players stumped - Tim Michell, Leader Newspapers
The Premier Cricket Award:
McNally a true blue skip - Luke D'Anello, Leader Newspapers
The Country Cricket Award:
Dive into the crease (photograph) - Luke Hemer, Riverine Herald